Aired
on WRC-TV 4Mondays
through FridaysVarious
airtimes. From
May 9, 1955 - December 1961-

(May
1955 - Fall 1956?) 11:25
to 11:30PM

(Fall
1956?- Fall 1957?) 6:30
to 6:35PM and 11:25
to 11:30PM

(Fall
1957? - Jan 1959?) 11:25
to 11:30PM

(Jan
1959? - Jan 1961?) 6:30
to 6:35PM and 11:25
to 11:30PM

(Jan
1961? - Dec 1961) 6:40
to 6:45PM and 11:25
to 11:30PM

-

-"Sam...was
a primitive version of the basic kind of hand and rod puppet thatJim
Henson devised in the mid-fifties. He had the face of a prizefighter,with
protruding Clark Gable ears, a W.C. Fields nose, and permanentlyastonished
eyes. Like a well designed cartoon character, he derived some of his
personality
from his features. But Jim's manipulation of Sam - a tilt of thehead
to find an appropriate eye focus, a bounce to a song - completed the
picture."From
"Jim
Henson:The Works:The Art, the Magic, the Imagination"by Christopher
Finch, Charles S. Finch,(Donated
by Jack Maier)

Host:"Sam"
with other lifelike puppets created/operated by Jim Henson andJane
Anne Nebel. In 1958, friend Bob Payne took Jim Henson's placeon the
show for a period of time while Jim visited Europe. Jerry Juhljoined
the Hensons in 1961 initially to replace Jane as puppeteer.